Vatuvou

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Vatuvou
Shores of the Maubara lake
The Suco Vatuvou is located in the northeast of the Maubara administrative office.
Data
surface 51.89 km²
population 4,226  (2015)
Chefe de Suco António Martins
(election 2009)
Aldeias Population  (2015)
Bouraevei 237
Gariana 515
Lebucailiti 340
Lissa-Ico 360
Lissalara 240
Manuquibia 242
Mau-Ubu 64
Raeme 476
Samanaru 50
Vatu-Nau 1,702
Samanaru (North) (East Timor)
Samanaru (North)
Samanaru (North)
Coordinates: 8 ° 36 ′  S , 125 ° 14 ′  E

Vatuvou is an East Timorese suco in the Maubara administrative office ( Liquiçá municipality ).

geography

Vatuvou
places position height
Bouraevei 8 ° 39 ′  S , 125 ° 14 ′  E 652  m
Gariana 8 ° 40 ′  S , 125 ° 18 ′  E 739  m
Hataulete 8 ° 38 ′  S , 125 ° 18 ′  E 331  m
Hatunau 8 ° 39 ′  S , 125 ° 17 ′  E 621  m
Katnaulete 8 ° 37 ′  S , 125 ° 18 ′  E 331  m
Lauelau 8 ° 39 ′  S , 125 ° 18 ′  E 774  m
Lebulema 8 ° 38 ′  S , 125 ° 14 ′  E 540  m
Lissalara 8 ° 39 ′  S , 125 ° 14 ′  E 633  m
Melabua 8 ° 40 ′  S , 125 ° 14 ′  E 652  m
Raeme (north) 8 ° 36 ′  S , 125 ° 16 ′  E 54  m
Raeme (South) 8 ° 38 ′  S , 125 ° 16 ′  E 599  m
Samanaru (North) 8 ° 36 ′  S , 125 ° 14 ′  E 15  m
Samanaru (East) 8 ° 38 ′  S , 125 ° 15 ′  E 484  m
Samanaru (South) 8 ° 39 ′  S , 125 ° 14 ′  E 611  m
Tolema 8 ° 37 ′  S , 125 ° 17 ′  E 174  m
Vatu-Nau 8 ° 36 ′  S , 125 ° 17 ′  E 86  m
Vitanau 8 ° 38 ′  S , 125 ° 18 ′  E 681  m
Spectacled Pelican in Lake Maubara

Before the 2015 territorial reform, Vatuvou had an area of ​​53.24 km². Now there are 51.89 km². The Suco is located in the northeast of the Maubara administrative office. To the west are the Sucos Vaviquinia and Maubaralissa and south of the Suco Lissadila . In the east and south-east, Vatuvou borders the administrative office of Liquiçá with its Sucos Dato , Hatuquessi and Leotala . In the north lies the Sawu Sea . The Manobira River rises in the southeast in the border area to Hatuquessi . It follows the border to the south, making it the only Sucos river that belongs to the Lóis system . All other rivers in Vatuvou flow north into the Sawu Sea. These are the palua , the malukai, and the palapu . To the west of the Palua, near the coast, lies the salty Maubara lake . The approximately eight hectare lake is an important habitat for a large number of bird species. Particularly interesting is the black Timor pigeon , which can be seen here regularly in the forest on the edge of the lake and in the hills that are up to 500  m high. An area of ​​2000 hectares around the lake with tropical dry forests is an Important Bird Area .

The village of Raeme is located between Lake Maubara and Palua , through which the northern coastal road also runs, one of the country's most important traffic routes. The town of Samanaru ( Samanaro ) is located on it in the west and the town of Vatu-Nau ( Vatunao ) in the east . Between the rivers Malukai and Palapu lies the village of Tolema , east of the Palapu the villages of Hataulete , Katnaulete and Vitanau . To the west of the Palua there is another village called Samanaru near the center and further east another place called Raeme and the village of Hatunau . In the south-east of Vatuvou there are also the villages of Lauelau ( Lauclau ), Gariana and Leva, which is partly in Leotala, and in the south-west the places Lebulema , a third Samanaru , Lissalara ( Lisalara ), Bouraevei ( Bourawe , Bourawei ) and Melabua . There are primary schools in Gariana, Samanaru (north) and Lissalara.

In the Suco there are the ten Aldeias Bouraevei , Gariana , Lebucailiti , Lissa-Ico , Lissalara , Manuquibia , Mau-Ubu , Raeme , Samanaru and Vatu-Nau .

Residents

The Suco has 4,226 inhabitants (2015), of which 2,168 are men and 2,058 women. The population density is 81.4 inhabitants / km². There are 697 households in the Suco. Over 89% of the population give Tokodede as their mother tongue. Over 9% speak Tetum Prasa and minorities Adabe , Kemak or Mambai .

history

In 1999, pro-Indonesian militias ( Wanra ) tried to use force to influence the mood ahead of the August 30 independence referendum . On February 15, the Besi Merah Putih (BMP) militia attacked Vatuvou and Guiço . Vatuvou became a ghost town . The inhabitants fled to Sare ( Ermera municipality ). Up to 6000 refugees gathered there alone and stayed until the INTERFET arrived in September 1999. Almost 2700 refugees from Vatuvou and Maubara gathered in March in Gariana, 375 with the Carmelite nuns in Lissadila.

The remains of about a dozen victims of the Liquiçá church massacre were recovered from Lake Maubara in 1999 by Australian naval divers. Members of pro-Indonesian militias and the Indonesian military sank the bodies in the lake.

politics

In the 2004/2005 elections , Paulo de Jesus Afonso was elected Chefe de Suco. In the 2009 elections won António Martins .

Web links

Commons : Vatuvou  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Direcção-Geral de Estatística : Results of the 2015 census , accessed on November 23, 2016.
  2. ↑ Fallingrain.com: Directory of Cities, Towns, and Regions in East Timor
  3. ↑ Direcção Nacional de Estatística: Population Distribution by Administrative Areas Volume 2 English ( Memento of the original from January 5, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (2010 census; PDF; 22.6 MB) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / dne.mof.gov.tl
  4. ^ Timor-Leste GIS-Portal ( Memento from June 30, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
  5. ↑ Tuismo Timor-Leste ( Memento of the original from November 21, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.turismotimorleste.com
  6. ^ Birdlife International
  7. ^ UNHCR: Report of the International Commission of Inquiry on East Timor
  8. ↑ UNMIT: Timor-Leste District Atlas version 02, August 2008 ( Memento of the original from December 3, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 486 kB) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / unmit.unmissions.org
  9. ↑ Jornal da Républica with the Diploma Ministerial n. 199/09 ( Memento of February 3, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) (Portuguese; PDF; 323 kB)
  10. ↑ Results of the 2010 census for Suco Vatuvou ( tetum ; PDF; 8.2 MB)
  11. ↑ "Chapter 7.3 Forced Displacement and Famine" ( Memento of the original from November 28, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 1.3 MB) from the "Chega!" Report by CAVR (English) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.cavr-timorleste.org
  12. ↑ Gender-Selective Atrocities in East Timor (4)
  13. ↑ Secretariado Técnico de Administração Eleitoral STAE: Eleições para Liderança Comunitária 2004/2005 - Resultados ( Memento of August 4, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
  14. ↑ Secretariado Técnico de Administração Eleitoral STAE: Eleições para Liderança Comunitária 2009 - Resultados ( Memento of August 4, 2010 in the Internet Archive )

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